The fine line between hero and zero

THE sporting world revolves around very small margins, on one side of that line you are a hero and the other a villain or scapegoat.

 

I am pleased to say that last weekend we were the heroes at London Welsh with another five point victory that cemented our place in third in National Division One. 

 

It wasn’t a guaranteed victory as the game went back and forth between two good sides.  After the game I was sat in the changing room and I was happy to be in the winning changing room but I started to think how things would have changed if we had lost that game.

 

I find sport such an amazing phenomenon!  Results and performances on the field, in the pool or on the track, for example, have the ability to affect how the rest of the day, week, year or even life pans out.

 

In my case at the weekend a loss would have meant a sombre mood in the dressing room, followed by a couple of days reflection of what went wrong and then a tough week on the training ground, no doubt!  That is not to say that we won’t reflect on the performance and train hard this week but somehow it is always different when you lose.

 

I can only imagine what that feels like on the World stage, what would have happened to the life of Johnny Wilkinson if he hadn’t kicked that drop goal 5 years ago or Rebecca Adlington had missed a turn in the Olympics?

 

It is a fine line between winning and losing and we have been on the right side more than most this season but that must continue this weekend against Manchester at Meadow Lane, 6pm kick off. 

 

Hopefully I will be having another good week next week!!!